Introduction of a real estate investor in Japan

When a person think of starting a real estate investment in Japan, she want to know about actual status of other investors.

So, in this page I will introduce a real estate investor in Japan.

He ( hereinafter Mr. Yama ) has purchased old detached houses in Japan and remodeled it at low cost and rented out for several years.

Now, the number of such investors are increasing.
I already introduced appeal point of detached house in this page.

Mr. Yama purchases cheap houses of 1.8 million yen or 2. 4 million yen at the location of city where renter can go to Tokyo within several minutes.
And sometimes his yield on investment is very high like 43 %.

He has experience of real estate investment for over 20 years. He mainly purchases wooden house which was built over 20 years ago and remodels it.

He sometimes purchases real estate through public auction.

But, when you purchase old houses, you need to expect necessary cost to repair it.

So, in this page I will let you know about these matters with examples.

He has bought already 8 detached houses and remodeled it and rented out. He also 3 terrace houses and 4 apartments.

He bought a detached house at Saitama prefecture ( 埼玉県 ) at 1.8 million yen. Saitama prefecture is neighboring prefecture of Tokyo. Many people are commuting to Tokyo from Saitama every day.
Mr Yama gets profit of yield on investment of 43 % from this property.

Source of this picture is http://www.rakumachi.jp/news/archives/91989

location : Fujimi city in Saitama prefecuture.
（ You can go to Tokyo station from this area within 1 hour by train. ）

Age of this house : 36 years.

Room area : 50 square meters. ＝538.1955ft²

10 minutes walk from the nearest station.

He bought this property via public auction.

In the case of public auction, you cannot look at inside of house until you pay balance money. So, there are possibilities that there are serious defect inside a house.
That is why he could purchase this house at very low price. Because, other person worried about these risks too much.

Moreover, lavatory is vault toilet. In the case he rents out, he need to remodel this toilet to flush toilet.
But thanks to this weak point, he could purchase this house at very low price.
Even if there is a weak point, as far as it decrease selling price excessively, you should purchase it.

source of this picture is http://ameblo.jp/motonrmc-itaman/entry-11447239523.html

Though, this house is not located in Tokyo, weak point relating to location has excessively decrease selling price.
Renter can go to Tokyo within one hour. So, he thought he could find a renter.
And selling price of 1.8 million yen is very cheap when he considers lot area of 45 ㎡ , room area of 50 ㎡.
You can compare other house below.

Source of this picture is https://suumo.jp/jj/bukken/shosai/JJ012FD010/?ar=030&bs=021&nc=85335693lot area : 38 ㎡ Room area : 40 ㎡ Age of house : 45 years. This house is also located in Fujimi city. But, selling price is 5.8 million yen.

Actually, there were a lot of weak points in his house.
There were a lot of mold on the wall.

Source : http://www.rakumachi.jp/news/archives/91989/2

Inside the house, dozens of mice and birds were living.

He need to replace all wall paper.
A part of floor was rotten.
He had to repair window frame.

source : http://www.rakumachi.jp/news/archives/91989/2

But, other people cared about these problems excessively and he made a successful bid at very low price.

In the case of this detached house, he had to ask carpenter a large scale repair.